Amos 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?”

Amos 3:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Amos 3:413 words

HebrewMeaning

הֲ/יִשְׁאַ֤גhăyišəʾag

roarparticleH7580

mightily

אַרְיֵה֙ʾarəyēh

lionnounH738

pierce

בַּ/יַּ֔עַרbayaʿar

combpronH3293

forest · wood

וְ/טֶ֖רֶףwəṭerep

leafconjH2964

meat · prey · spoil

אֵ֣יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

ל֑/וֹlwō

pron

הֲ/יִתֵּ֨ןhăyitēn

addparticleH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

כְּפִ֤ירkəpiyr

lionnounH3715

village. Compare

קוֹל/וֹ֙qwōlwō

bleatingnounH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

מִ/מְּעֹ֣נָת֔/וֹmiməʿōnātwō

denpronH4585

habitation · place · refuge

בִּלְתִּ֖יbilətiy

because unconjH1115

beside · but · continual · except ···

אִםʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

לָכָֽדlākād

catchverbH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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